"我会试试那条裙子。"
Translation:I will try that dress on.
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The pronouncation is wrong, you don't stop after the first repeated verb and then continue, it confuses the listeners!
Yes. the 试试 should be together. NOT, 我会试。。。试那条裙子。The audio is very awkward.
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It's not wrong per se, just not that common in some dialects. In China it is common to keep the second verb toneless, but for example in Taiwan both syllables have the tone
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It is the shortened form of 试一试, perhaps you have learned it.
In addition to soften the speech, this pattern can also be used to describe actions of small magnitude or duration.
e.g. 他看一看錶，然后离开了
He took a look at his watch, then left.
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It makes it into a briefer, more informal action. An easy comparison with english is using the word 'kan' (look). Wo kan = I look. Wo kankan = I take a look.
From what I know it's a colloquial thing. Chinese people repeat the verb to add "spice" or something. I think a native Chinese speaker should answer this.
The translation is wrong: Dress is 连衣裙 - liányīqún, Skirt is 裙子 - qúnzi.
I think 裙子 can be a skirt or a dress, 短裙 is a skirt and 连衣裙 is a dress.
会 here indicates future action, not "can", because trying on a skirt is not a skill.
In english we might say "take a look, have a taste, give it a try, etc." I assume the double verbs are all somewhat comparable to this. "Kan yi kan = look a look".
"I am going to try on that dress" is correct, but was not accepted. Please fix.
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Isn't the measure word wrong for a dress? I thought 条 is used for long, thin things like pants and 健 is used for dresses?
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条 is good for trousers, shorts, pants, a dress, a skirt, a handkerchief, and certainly good for a belt and a scarf as well.
I literally answered this correctly, and the app tells me I answered it wrong then proceeds to tell me the correct answer which matches exactly what I had put down. Took screenshot as proof. Who do i send this shit to?
I agree with the comments I see below. I think that the elements of a repeated verb should be pronounced together, not separated by a pause. Because of all the homonyms in Chinese, the rhythm of pronunciation is very important!
Repeating words for a slight change in emphasis is common in many languages and is not unheard of in English: "come, come" or "now, now". Or in Portuguese: "logo, logo" or "já, já".
Okay now the ethnic caricature of the Spanish gentleman with the big mustache goes with the Chinese sentence which makes him a transvestite, as we used to say. I guess it's a joke? The caricatures are a bad idea. 12 / 17 / 2020